Low Mintage Of 2009 5¢.

Just in BU, or should I start saving any 2009 nickels I come across as a 'better date' that's worth more than face value?

The bad economy in 2008 had everyone dumping their coin jars into the system. Banks were not needing to order coins from the Fed and therefore the Fed was not ordering coins from the Mint.

Good thing is I bought a mint set that year.

Bad thing is it is satin finish and the business strikes found in circulation are technically different (as they all were from 2005 to 2010).

Well the regular everyday circulation Jefferson nickel from 2009 (both P+D) did have quite a bit lower mintage overall due to the economic conditions lowering movement of coins which lowered ordering, and also from everyone cashing in their coins https://jeffersonnickel.org/jeffers...kel-mintage/ so now going on 14 years later it may be even a bit harder to find in typical pocket change but is not rare by any means. Perhaps it is that the MS rolls of 2009 P and D nickels are also being hoarded by speculators so there may be less also for sale.

Actually some articles say they sold at premiums ever since the coins started to appear in circulation but they arent rare. The first Philadelphia Mint coins surfaced in June 2009, while the Denver Mint coins did not appear until early 2010. The 2009-P Jefferson nickel had a final mintage of 39,840,000 coins and the 2009-D Jefferson nickel had a mintage of 46,800,000. These represented the lowest mintages for circulation strike nickels since 1959. A rebound in mintage levels during 2010 solidified the status of the 2009 Jefferson nickel as an important low mintage issue. So yes, maybe keep those that look mint state or at least high au from change if found if secondhand value is creeping up, I know the rolls do sell well, and getting harder to find.

An article on PCGS says "But the 2009 Nickels are virtually impossible to find. Mind you, I've looked - since 2009! I've only ever come across three in all the years so far, and all three were found in my searches of rolls of nickels from the bank https://www.PCGS.com/news/why-are-2...hard-to-find

As jbuck mentioned, note that satin finish versions of the 2009 P and D nickel were struck for inclusion within the 2009 Uncirculated Mint Set. These satin finish coins are considered a separate issue by most collectors and the major grading services as well.

I have found a couple roll hunting. I found one nickel and one dime last week. Few and far between.

I'm about three quarters of the way through a box and so far only found this one

The satin finish ones from the mint sets are the most desirable having a mintage in the neighborhood of 785,000, but then again if you look at the mintage figures for modern mint sets you will see that many others have even lower mintages than that.

I bought one of each D/P 2009 nickels for my Dansco since I was never able to find one in change or roll hunting. That was about five years ago and I paid $1.00 for both at a local show.